New England Defense or Jameson Williams: who should I start?
Neither man carries a posted season price right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
Updated Sep 19, 2026 at 11:31 AM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and no sportsbook prices either of them this season, so there is no current market order to give between these two. What follows is what each of them has already done.
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DEF8 · NE · bye 11
- Overall rank
- 210
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 1
WR77 · DET · bye 6
2025 vs rec yds line 9-8
- Overall rank
- 211
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 18
The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size242 draftable players
Consensus average draft position has stopped updating on these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out rather than printed stale. The verdict line above restates the sportsbooks' price and nothing else.
Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on New England Defense: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 210th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 153.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Jameson Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 211th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 51.
What the sportsbooks price
No sportsbook has posted a season market for New England Defense, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.
No sportsbook has posted a season market for Jameson Williams, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season through Week 1
The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for New England Defense this season.
Through Week 1, Jameson Williams has been on the field for 84 percent of DET snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 3 of the offence's 11 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 3 two minute targets.
His 9 targets have averaged 14.1 air yards.
In Week 1 against NO he caught 4 of 9 targets for 45 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
The season feed carries no line for New England Defense in the last completed season.
In 2025 Jameson Williams played 17 games and scored 219.9 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR12.
He caught 65 of 102 targets for 1117 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.
That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 17.2 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 90 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Side by side
New England Defense is a defense and Jameson Williams a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
New England Defense is off in Week 11 and Jameson Williams in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.
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